In recent years, the musical tastes of young people have undergone a new round of changes - rap has taken the place of piercing rock ballads and fiery dance electronics. Along with the new culture, new words have penetrated into the masses - terms used among performers and their devoted listeners. However, those music lovers who first discovered rap for themselves hardly understand the meaning of the words flow, battle, diss, beef, and similar slang words. Of course, descriptions of such terms are easy to find on specialized sites - the Russian-speaking hip-hop sector is widely represented on the Internet. However, if most of the terms have specific definitions, then it is rather difficult to explain in a nutshell what flow is.

The origin of the word "flow"

The word "flow" came to Russia from the English language - the ancestor of rap culture. Flow is translated as "flow", "flow" - at first glance, this concept has nothing to do with hip-hop. However, in this case there is a metaphorical transfer. Rap singers and their listeners equate rhythmic and multifaceted recitative to a steady and noisy flow of water. Thus, for a hip-hop lover, flow is a rather important indicator of the quality of a track.

Flow as a composition score

Among the discussions of rappers and their work, you can often find the term in question as a review of an album or track. What is flow in this context - a positive or a negative characteristic? Based on the translation of the word from English and a beautiful metaphor, a positive response. Flow is the recognition of all the rapper's creativity or some of his compositions as "swinging" or "swinging", that is, affecting the listeners to such an extent that they involuntarily begin to swing their heads in time to the performed track.

Flow as a musical term

Together with all of the above, it should be noted that the term flow is not purely emotional - for hip-hop performers it has a very specific meaning. Flow is the correct speed of reading, an impeccable technique of writing and reproducing text to the "pumping" beat. Nevertheless, one should not think that quality in this case depends on speed. A fast, but confused reading will not excite the viewer as much as a slow, but clearly falling into rhythm. Thus, flow is not only a quality assessment, but also a performer's skill.

Flow in Russian-speaking rap

The ability to create really "rocking" tracks for a long time bypassed Russian-speaking performers. Often, the compositions were read out to not particularly prominent beats with calm, almost emotionless voices. Probably, this state of affairs was due to the Russian mentality - gray and joyless everyday life with their dank weather and heavy sky did not dispose Russian rappers to show emotions. The listeners found something of their own in a quiet and melancholic performance, however, hip-hop culture in Russia still remained isolated. With the emergence on the Russian scene of such rap figures as Hyde, Oxxxymiron, Horus (Lupercal) and other supporters of the prevalence of reading technique and the quality of text drawing, something that fits all definitions of the word "flow" has appeared in the domestic hip-hop sector. Even those who have not previously listened to and did not understand such music often rate these performers highly, paying attention to the fact that their tracks, unlike the compositions of many of their “colleagues”, really “rock”.

At the same time, fans of the "old" style of performance do not recognize such changes - in their opinion, in this form, Russian-language rap loses its soul, becoming only a technically filigree, but empty text. Rapper Ptakha, whose compositions are basically just calm and melancholic, spoke extremely negatively about the tracks of the aforementioned Oxxxymiron, accusing him of excessive craving for pretentious poetry and complex technique, which is why, as it seems to him, the work of Miron and similar rappers , ceases to be "masculine". The conflict between the two rappers has not yet been exhausted - it is unlikely that when they meet, two opponents will shake hands. Despite this, the new style of rhyming and performance is gaining momentum and attracting more and more new listeners, which is undoubtedly a good indicator. This only confirms that the same "flow", which previously could only be heard from overseas and some European performers, penetrated into Russian rap.

Underground or underground (eng. Underground letters. Underground) -
artistic direction in music (rap), opposing themselves to mass culture, mainstream. It is also defined as creativity that does not have an original, meaningfully chosen, commercial focus.

Bro (bro, brother) -brother, brother, bratello
Beef (from the English beef - meat (beef)
in a figurative sense, a complaint, discontent) - enmity between representatives of hip-hop culture. Beefs, their features and unspoken rules of conduct are an important component of hip-hop culture. The most famous beefs between rappers, but such conflicts are possible between other representatives of hip-hop culture: DJs, b-boys or graffiti artists. Beefs are usually caused by accusations of plagiarism, claims to leadership in the genre (unfounded in the opinion of the opponent), irreconcilable creative differences, belonging to competing record labels, and even occasional insults.

In practice, conflicts are expressed in specially recorded songs (traditionally called disses) and interviews, less often in fights and shootings, in some cases ending in murders.

The most famous among the biffs were the so-called. The "war of the coasts" that claimed the lives of Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. in the 1990s and numerous 50 Cent beefs in the 2000s.

Diss (from the English disrespect - disrespect) -this direction in hip-hop (more specifically - in rap and break dance). The essence of a diss is to say or show disrespect in the lyrics of one rapper or the movements of a breaker (or group) to another rapper (s) or breaker (s). In such tracks, obscene speech, cursing towards the enemy, and sometimes threats are practiced. Disses often go in pairs, that is, "diss - reciprocal diss", or in chains of discs. Disses are often ignored. Disses are used in beefs. In break dance and in dances in general, there are only two restrictions on disses: you cannot use words (you still cannot hear anything) and you cannot touch the opponent.

True - fake -true - true. Rap is more like “real” (approx. Real rapper)
fake is a fake. That is, the opposite of true, not real.

Square flowwhen the words in the line either do not reach a bit or there are more of them and the reading has to be accelerated or simply do not fit into a bit. That is, the music flows and the recitative flows, and for someone from the river, some stones are constantly popping out, this is the square flow.

Innings-the emotions that you put into reading, the placement of intonations, the way of pronouncing words. (can also be used as a synonym for flow)

Punch, punchline (from the English punch - to beat with a fist) -the concept appeared in battle rap. This is a laconic phrase / line that should hook your opponent very strongly. As in heavy boxing, opponents shift and occasionally deliver crushing blows, so in a battle rap reading, your main blow will be the punch line, where you will “hook” the opponent as much as possible with a short line.
Rhyme with squares

Rhyming method (4-column iambic). The rhyme in the text is added mainly at the end of the line, and lines of the same length - if you write such a text on a sheet, then the written text forms a square or rectangle, hence the name itself. It is believed that this is the easiest way to rhyme, and if you cannot find fault with the aforementioned rap skills, then rate your opponent for “square rhyme”;)
From Iron: when lines end in "childish" rhymes. For example: Rap delirium. Bitch - Science. In short, hardened rhymes that even small children will think of.

Skills / skills (from English skills) -in short - your rap "skills". More details - reading, diction, text, chips, presentation, flow, interesting turns, phrases, original rhyme, etc. In general, the entire list of skills and criteria by which you can evaluate MS.

Staf (stuff - things, trash) -rap artists usually name their works (tracks) :)
In principle, even the literal translation is suitable, “rappers do things”, which means “appreciate my thing” - “appreciate my staff”.
Sharp-X: The fact is that the word Stuff in English is almost always (among rappers) used with the prefix New. This is how New Stuff turns out. That is, most often "staf" is the new work of rappers.

(Fit) feat.-from english featuring. which means with participation! ie feat is a joint song!

Flow (from English Flow - "fluidity")- rhythm, speed of rap reading, sense of the rhythm of music. How do you get into the beat or create additional quality and dynamics with your reading (sometimes even listening to the acapella you can start swinging to the rhythm). It is worth noting that good flow is NOT the maximum read speed, but the correct speed.

Flow also includes changes in reading speed to express great emotions and show off your cool technique.

You make your recitation more harmoniously combined with the instrumental than the usual music. In fashionable songs, a melody of words, a motive clearly emerges from a simple recitative.

For a good rap flow, you need good diction / pronunciation and breathing (so as not to have terrible breaks with sighs in the reading))) .. some performers still add artistic or comical features to their voice, but this is a matter of style.
Freestyle

rap improvisation; recitation of a rhymed rhythmic recitative composed by the performer on the go. This is not a pre-written, not rehearsed, "raw" form of hip-hop. Performed to beatbox, or instrumental versions of previously recorded hip-hop songs.

Hustle -lyon gave his definition of hasl in the "Battle for Respect" program, I think that most of those who do not even agree with his opinion are now accustomed to the fact that the word is used precisely in the concept of "spinning" through life (from the phrase "you want to live and be able to spin").

Homie -literally fellow countryman (from the word home - house), neighbor. Most often, the meaning of the word is friend, acquaintance.

Production (production) -in translation production, products.
In rap it is usually used as music production, that is, “creating music”, most often it means just production \u003d music (in rap), but in principle, the production of a track includes recording, mixing, and mastering.

Musical: parts of a rap beat

• Kick (kick, kick) - the main bass drum in the beat (tu-ts-tu-ts-tu-ts)
• Snare (snare, snare drum) - the main drum that alternates with the kick (tu-ts-tu-ts-tu-ts). In hip-hop, it is not the “live” drum that is mainly used, but more processed versions or their combinations with other sounds (rim, claps).
• Claps (claps) - often replace snare in rap beats.

Battle (battle, battle, battle) - competition between rap performers, usually accompanied by humiliation of the enemy. The battle track is often nothing more than a diss on the enemy.

Beef (beef - meat (beef)

Beef (beef - meat (beef), in the figurative sense, complaint, discontent) - enmity between representatives of hip-hop culture. Beefs, their features and unspoken rules of conduct are an important component of hip-hop culture. The most famous beefs between rappers, but such conflicts are possible between other representatives of hip-hop culture: DJs, b-boys or graffiti artists.

Beefs are usually caused by accusations of plagiarism, claims to leadership in the genre (unfounded in the opinion of the opponent), irreconcilable creative differences, belonging to competing record labels, and even occasional insults.

In practice, conflicts are expressed in specially recorded songs (traditionally called disses) and interviews, less often in fights and shootings, in some cases ending in murders.

Beat

Beat is a beat in music, used in the expression of English. beat per minute, bpm - beats per minute. The higher the value, the higher the tempo of the music.

Diss (diss, disrespect - disrespect)

Diss (diss, disrespect - disrespect) is a trend in hip-hop. In practice, diss is the expression of disrespect in the lyrics of one rapper (or group) to another rapper (s). In such tracks, obscene speech, cursing towards the enemy, and sometimes threats are practiced. Disses often go in pairs, that is, "diss - reciprocal diss", or in chains of discs. Disses are often ignored. Disses are used in beefs.

Mix (English Mix)

Mix (mix) - several pieces of music (tracks), lined up in a continuous sequence. As a rule, mixes are composed by DJs for different purposes (for example, for broadcasting on the radio in thematic programs). Usually mixes consist of tracks that are similar in genre, mood and other characteristics. On average, mix lengths range from 25 to 74 minutes (fits on an Audio CD), but can be much longer.

The sequence of tracks in the form of a mix is \u200b\u200bspecific in that the tracks smoothly replace each other. At the junction between the tracks there is no "gap" in the form of silence, and the tracks themselves in the process of transition coincide in tempo, dimension and other characteristics, thus merging together. The process of making a DJ mix is \u200b\u200bcalled mixing.

Skills / skills (from English skills)

Briefly - rap "skills". More details - reading, diction, text, chips, presentation, flow, interesting turns, phrases, original rhyme, etc. In general, the entire list of skills and criteria by which you can evaluate MS.

Flow (from English Flow - "fluidity")

Rhythm, speed of rap reading. How a rap artist gets into the beat or creates additional quality and dynamics with his reading (sometimes, even listening to the acapella, you can start swinging to the rhythm). It is worth noting that good flow is not the maximum reading speed, but the correct speed.

Flow also includes changes in reading speed to express great emotions and show off your cool technique.

The rapper makes it so that the reading is more harmoniously combined with the instrumental than the usual music. In fashionable songs, a melody of words, a motive clearly emerges from a simple recitative.

For a good rap flow, you need good diction / pronunciation and breathing (so that there are no terrible breaks with sighs in the reading), some performers still add artistic or comical features to their voices, but this is a matter of style.

Square flow

When words in a line either do not reach a bit, or there are more of them and the reading has to be accelerated, or simply do not fit into a bit. That is, the music flows and the recitative flows, and for someone from the river, some stones are constantly popping out, this is the square flow.

Innings

The emotions that the rap artist puts into the track, while performing, as well as the play of intonations. (Can also be used synonymously with flow)

Punch, punchline (from the English punch - to beat with a fist)

The concept originated in battle rap. This is a laconic phrase / line that should hook your opponent very strongly. As in heavy boxing, opponents shift and occasionally deliver crushing blows, so in a battle rap reading, your main blow will be the punch line, where you will "hook" the opponent with a short line as much as possible.

Staf (stuff - things, trash)

Usually rap artists name their works (tracks).
In principle, even a literal translation is suitable, "rappers do things", means "appreciate my thing" - "appreciate my stuff."

Sharp-X: The fact is that the word Stuff in English is almost always (among rappers) used with the prefix New. This is how New Stuff turns out. That is, most often "staf" are new works of rappers.

Rhyme with squares

Rhyming method ("square on square")). The rhyme in the text is added mainly at the end of the line, and lines of the same length - if you write such a text on a sheet, then the written text forms a square or rectangle, hence the name itself. It is believed that this is the easiest way of rhyming, and if you cannot find fault with the aforementioned rap skills, then rate your opponent for "squareness".

Tru (English true)

Tru (true, true, real) is the opposite of a fake. "True rapper" is a rapper who reads the truth, a real rapper whose words do not differ from their deeds.

Fake

Fakes, fakers (fake- lies) are liars, performers in whose tracks there are many lies, and reality differs from the lyrics (To fake MC "s).

Mixtape

Mixtape is a special kind of music release. The name comes from the English words mix and tape (literally translated as a mixed recording).

Many aspiring artists see mixtapes as a tool for their own promotions, so they readily give their new tracks to famous DJs for mixtapes.

At the same time, mixtapes have a semi-official status, small circulations (relative to the official albums of famous artists) and instantly flow into the Internet. At the moment, there are a great many mixtapes (no one even considered them), and people famous in certain circles release another 5-20 pieces daily.

Fit (English feat.)

Fit - from English featuring. which means with participation! ie feat is a joint song!

Freestyle (English free style)

Freestyle - rap improvisation; recitation of a rhymed rhythmic recitative composed by the performer on the go. This is not a pre-written, not rehearsed, "raw" form of hip-hop. Performed to beatbox, or instrumental versions of previously recorded hip-hop songs. (wiki)).

Hustle

The word is used precisely in the concept of "spinning" through life (from the phrase "if you want to live, be able to spin").

Production (English production)

In translation, production, products.
In rap, it is usually used as music production, that is, "music production", most often it means the production of music (in rap), but in principle, the production of a track includes recording, mixing, and mastering.

Respect

Respect (respect) - good disposition towards a person, respect for his work.

Flow is another Anglicism that has taken root in the Russian-speaking rap culture. In principle, it is quite natural: - the word is short and intriguing. In addition, flow, which means "fluidity, flow" in translation, is a multifaceted concept.

It refers to how the performer presents himself to the public, how he manages to "rock" the audience. Flow makes you perceive the text of words as undeniable truth. Rhythm, high-quality reading, dynamism, varying speed to accentuate attention, or follow the beat, plus the charisma of the performer (group) and all of the above - this in aggregate can be defined as flow. If you try to fit a more or less adequate translation into one word, which means the essence of the term, following the rule of brevity, you know whose sister is, it will be "feed".

Disclaimer. When determining the flow of performers, their own subjective feelings from the perception of their work were used. The judgments do not claim to be absolute truth, and it is likely that they may not coincide with the opinions of the readers.

A historical tour of Flow

Flow is considered a new attribute of a quality performer, although in reality this is absolutely not the case. Even the very first rappers, who often drew inspiration from their English-speaking colleagues and in the surrounding reality, often based the melody and lyrics of their songs on a high level.

It's just that at the dawn of hip-hop and rap in Russia, the term flow did not exist. Without him, both the wild popularity and the ability to get the audience so that it shouted out the words along with the performers was obvious. The already broken up group "Bachelor Party", in the core of which there was a triumvirate Dan-Dolphin-Mutabor plus Deer, rocked not only the halls.

In every courtyard of the early 90s of the last century, teenagers knew their scandalous texts by heart. What is remarkable, and there was no need to teach them - the energy of the feed was transmitted even through the speakers of cassette recorders. They were among the pioneers of the format, which was contrastingly different from those that thundered at the same time, "Tender May" and "Mirage" will not be remembered by nightfall.

Another founder of Russian-speaking hip-hop - Vlad Valov (aka SHEF), by his own definition, has a "nuclear" flow. Quite justified - he knows how to rhyme his thoughts and read them to the public in such a way that not only the words, but also the semantic message are clear.

With Decl and Timati, for all their popularity, the supply as such is far from not only nuclear, but also from TNT equivalent. They tried to raise the flow by shocking the audience. Of course, also the means and the frequency of scrolling songs on TV and radio invested in promotion.

Which means that flow has always been in rap culture. It's just that he, as a separate merit of the performer (group), was not taken beyond the boundaries of creativity.

Modern legislators flow

Someone bets on the technicality of the reading, its dynamism, someone rests on the congestion of the text with meanings and artistry. Various ratings on the Internet, scrupulously counting the number of subscribers of performers, or by voting, are subjective by definition. But in almost all there is Guf, Scryptonite, Noise MS, already mentioned Timati.

Oksimiron is especially technical, apparently due to English-language teaching. The absorbed rhythm of American and British rap has been transferred into his own work, and, although it causes an ambiguous reaction from colleagues in the workshop, in general it is a success among the public.

The appearance in the ratings of the singer Bianchi may seem complete nonsense. But, besides the fact that there are few girls in hip-hop, she clearly has an original style. She adds dancing to her lyrics and unabashedly exploits the sexuality of the image.

High-speed, or fast-flow, when words of recitative are pronounced quickly, is gaining momentum. At the same time, it is important for the performer not only to quickly pronounce the text, but also to make it legible. The performance requires technicality, and the ability to masterly master the sense of rhythm, setting the swinging beat (with a drip performance), or following the established one. The concept of sluggish flow is encountered. Its essence is clear - the presentation does not evoke a bright emotional response from the audience.

Workout flow

Flow, as a pitch, is available to every hip-hopper or rapper by definition. The question is in quality and format. It probably makes sense to explain in detail the importance in battles. An opponent with a refined serving style obviously has an advantage.

The main problem is how to make it effective. The first step is to analyze the many successful performances. But mindless copying alone is not enough. His rivals and listeners will definitely notice him, and they will not fail to reproach him.

The second stage, ideally, is to create an original flow. Which means, your own author's and performing style. Talent - neither buy, nor barter, nor steal. But on the flow it is possible, and if the goal is designated as popularity, you need to work.

There are valuable tips on the net on how to improve flow: polish diction, train a breathing apparatus for pronouncing long texts without shortness of breath and pauses, adding artistry. The feed will get better. Another question is that this will happen through exercise, sleepless nights and everyday agony, spent in search of their own style in serving. What do you want? High-quality rap is work, and there is already a lot of sucky surrogate.

In connection with the growing interest in battle rap and the entire hip-hop engineering industry in general, we present you with a detailed conceptual apparatus (rap vocabulary) for Rap, so that you can understand what the MCs say in their battles.

Autotune - Program for processing and correction of voice, used to correct the singing of the performer on the notes In rap it has become a household name and identifies all voice correction programs.

Underground(underground - underground, underground) - a number of artistic trends in contemporary art (in music, literature, cinema, fine arts, etc.), opposing themselves to mass culture, the mainstream.

Acapella - Text recorded on the microphone, separate from the minus.

Battle - Competition between rap performers is usually accompanied by humiliation of the enemy. A battle track is often nothing more than a diss on an opponent. Battles are divided into online battles (take place on the Internet) and live battles (everything happens live).

Beat (Beat) - Drum-bass minus part. Previously, they read to the drum part created by beat-boxing or tapping objects. Initially, this word was used as a beat in rap music. At the moment, any music to which one reads rap is called a beat.

Beatbox - A beat created entirely with the mouth, without the use of musical instruments.

Beatmaker - A person who creates beats in specialized programs such as Cubase, FL Studio and others. A good level of beat creation is to use live instruments and not use samples.

Beef (Beef) - Feuds between rap artists, parties or labels, accompanied by discs and frequent showdowns live.

Bootleg (bootleg) - a pirated compilation of tracks, which the performer may never even know about.

Becky - An additionally recorded audio track, where the performer usually says only the second part of the line or highlights rhymes and phrases.

Backing vocalist - A person who helps the performer on stage. As a rule, he pronounces the second part of the line, so that the performer has the opportunity to draw air at this time.

Versus () - One of the two most popular live battles in Russia. Based in St. Petersburg.

Ghostwriter - A specialist in writing texts for money.

Double time - Reading twice as fast as the beat of the music. Ceza, Tech N9ne, FIKE, Dom1no and other performers are prominent representatives of this style.

Double rhymes (Double-rhyme) - The end of the line has two words at once, for which the rhyme in the next line will be selected, also in two words. That is, if the first line ends with “brain and heart”, then it will be necessary to select a consonance to the word “brain” and a separate consonance to the word “heart”. For example - "poster on the door" (the brain is the poster, the heart is the door).

Diss (diss, disrespect) - A track directed at another artist or at someone, something with the aim of "putting him down". In such tracks, obscene speech is practiced, abuse towards the opponent and his loved ones, threats, jokes below the belt, etc. Dis is often used in beefs.

EP (EP) - A small album, usually up to 7 songs.

Sound engineer - A specialist who performs mixing and mastering of tracks.

Indabuttle (Platypus) - Battle on the indarnb.ru portal. The second largest battle in Russia. It bears the slang name "Utkonos", because the father of the main organizer of the battle (Snake) is the owner of the Utkonos chain of stores.

Instrumental - Synonym for the common meaning of the word bit

Cover (cover) - A new version of the track, recorded (re-read) by another artist.

mouth guard - Slang name of the word "acapella".

Square rhymes - Rhymes in the text are added at the end of the line, and rhyming words have the same endings. An example is "hand-flour", "mountain-time". It is believed to be the easiest way to rhyme.

Concert director - The specialist in charge of organizing the performer's concerts.

Crank (Crunk) - Southern rap music style, with repetitive phrases and fast dance rhythms.

Live (live) - Audio or video recording from the performer's concert. As a rule, the mark live is put in the title of the track, so that it would be clear that this is not a studio version, but a recording from a concert.

Label (label) - 1) A foreign label is a record company that has the rights to release and distribute albums of performers. 2) In Russia, a rap group is called a label. Often this group is primarily united by the studio.

Mike - Microphone

Mastering - the final stage of work on the song, which is designed to make a well-mixed mix louder, brighter, cleaner, more transparent and put it on a par with popular commercial tracks in terms of volume. Also at this stage you can correct minor mistakes made during mixing.

Mix (mix) - several pieces of music (tracks) arranged in a continuous sequence. As a rule, mixes are composed by DJs for different purposes (for example, for broadcasting on the radio in thematic programs). Usually mixes consist of tracks that are similar in genre, mood and other characteristics. On average, the duration of the mix ranges from 25 to 74 minutes.

Mixtape (Mixtape) - 1) In foreign rap, this word means a release released from remixes or mixed tracks. 2) In Russian rap, a mixtape is a collection of tracks recorded on backing tracks, illegally taken from other people's tracks. As a rule, mixtapes in Russia violate the copyright of performers. Also called a mixtape is a collection of tracks recorded on the minus, laid out by beatmakers for general use.

Minus - Synonym for the common meaning of the word bit.

Independent battle - Battle, taking place on the site hip-hop.ru, organized not by the administration of the forum, but by the forum users themselves.

Nouname (Noname) - Underpopular or unknown artist who does not have a "name". A relatively objective indicator in this aspect can be the number of audio in vk and the number of concerts, as well as the number of visitors who came to the concert.

HP (New Rap) - The largest news rap public vk.

Newschool - New style of hip-hop, which features fast flow, dashes and various plugins and effects such as melody and autotune.

Old school (Oldschool) - Early hip-hop style, also referred to as old school. Outstanding representatives of this style are 2Pac, Wu-TangClan and Onyx. Often this is a measured delivery without the use of many effects and fast flow.

Official Battle - Battle taking place on the website hip-hop.ru, organized by the forum administration. The largest battle in Russia.

Punch, punchline (Punch) - This is a laconic phrase / line designed to hook your opponent. This can be either a vivid metaphor or a joke below the belt. “The presence of an opponent is optional. It's like finishing up in an anecdote. Just a catchy phrase or line "

Part - Prescribed part of one performer for a joint track.

Runs, acceleration - The foundational part of fast flow. Increase the speed of reading text.

PR - Dissemination of the artist's creativity or any information and service offer.

Innings - Emotions embedded in the reading, intonation arranged, the way words are pronounced, the use of vocals, dashes, acceleration and other specific rap techniques.

Producer - A specialist fully engaged in the promotion of the performer, dealing with all legal and financial issues. Often, the producers register the name of the performer (nickname) on themselves and when the performer changes the producer, he is forced to change the nickname, since all rights to the old nickname will belong to the old producer. For this reason, Loc-Dog was forced to change his nickname to Lock Dog.

Promo (promo) - a release to get acquainted with the work of a certain artist.

Release - Premiere of an album, track, clip or collection

Remix (Remix) - New arrangement of already released track.

Rapcore - a subgenre of rock music, characterized by the use of rap as vocals. Rapcore combines instrumental and vocal properties of such directions as punk, alternative rock, hip-hop.

Mixing - the stage of work on a song, during which the recorded audio tracks (instruments, main vocals, takes, etc.) are combined into one sound file using various devices and techniques, such as equalization, compression, volume manipulation, placement in space, adding sound effects. Note: vocal correction, synchronization of takes and backs are not included in the mixing process, this is the previous
note of the installation stage.

Swag (swag) - Expression of coolness and personality.

Skills (Skills) - Presentation and various types of rhyming.

WordSpb () - One of the two most popular live battles in Russia. Based in Krasnodar.

Compound rhymes - The end of a line in the next line rhymes with several words at once. Example: "Apocalypse - And while you heal"

Storytelling - a track that tells a story, while the events, actions and deeds of real or fictional characters are consistently described.

Sample - A relatively small piece of melody (music), taken as the basis for creating a minus. Beats are applied to the samples.

Take - recorded fragment, attempt. Example of use: I wrote it all in one take, i.e. with one try.

Track (Track) - Synonym for song in rap.

Trioli is the time signature. In rap, it is now customary to call a reading with broken chips, like tangvist, accelerations, etc.

Tru (True) - A performer who reads the truth, that is, what he really thinks, does and what happened in his life.

Platypus - Slang name for Indabuttle.

Fast flow (FastFlow) - A flow style based on rushes and accelerations.

Fit (ft. or feat) - Indicates that this is a joint track of two or more artists

Flavor (flave) - Party, company, band or label.

Flow (Flow) - Execution speed.

Freestyle (Freestyle) - Rap improvisation. Reading a text composed by the performer on the go.

Fake (Fake) - Performers whose lyrics are based on lies. Their characteristic feature is not the ability to "take responsibility for words."

Hype - enthusiastic rumors, often deliberately inflated for marketing purposes.

Hasl - Any kind of income related to rap or breaking the law (selling drugs, etc.)

Hayter - A listener who condemns any kind of creativity and has an acute dislike for it.

Houmi (Homie) - Friend or loved one.

Kh.kh.ru (persimmon) - One of the most popular forums dedicated to hip-hop culture, hip-hop.ru.